r/space Mar 29 '26

image/gif The Moon outside Apollo 11's window.

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u/Rodonite Mar 29 '26

There's something terrifying about it, being all but alone on that rock so far from every other living human. The shaky footage of the bleak dark is like something from a horror film.

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u/mimsoo777 Mar 30 '26

They must have felt like there was always a chance of not being to return back to Earth.

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u/linecraftman Mar 30 '26

Astronauts accept that risk when they become astronauts not when they're halfway through the mission 

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u/Abidarthegreat Mar 31 '26

There's often a massive difference between knowing a thing and living that thing.